Lahore, Feb. 14: Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammed Asif has called upon his English medical expert Dr. Michael Graham to help in his appeal against his one year ban imposed by the Indian Premier League Drugs tribunal.

"Dr Graham is on a short trip to Lahore and then he will be going to Mumbai, with this matter," The Nation quoted Asif, as saying.

Asif will discuss his case with his lawyers in the presence of his doctor, while his sports management company `Portfolio World' will assist him.

Islamabad, Feb. 14: In a fresh US predator attack, 16 persons have been reported killed with several others injured in Ladha area of South Waizirstan.

According to The News, two rockets were launched by an unmanned US plane at a house, supposedly belonging to a Taliban commander, in Malik Khel in Ladha destroying it completely and killing 16 persons on the spot.

Bodies of six persons have been recovered from the rubble of the attacked house so far, and the search for more bodies are on.

Eight of the severely injured persons have been admitted to a local hospital, The News reports.

Islamabad, Feb. 14: The Taliban's increasing influence in the tribal areas, and reports about it planning to take over some of the major cities like Islamabad, Peshwar, and Lahore has now drawn fear lines on the foreheads of the Pakistani leadership, which has long denied the presence of militants on their soil.

Islamabad  - At least 26 people were killed Saturday when a suspected pilotless US aircraft fired two missiles on a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, an intelligence official said.

Seven people were injured in the attack in South Waziristan, a known sanctuary of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants launching cross-border attacks on international troops in Afghanistan.

Lahore, Feb. 14 : The United States has reiterated that tension between India and Pakistan can only be diffused if Islamabad comes down hard on the terror camps operative on its soil.

US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said the key for establishing peace in the region was with Islamabad, which has to sincerely carry out an all-out effort to crackdown on terrorists.

New Delhi, Feb 14: Amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, unmanned boats with messages of love and peace sailed down the Chenab river from India to Pakistan, ahead of Valentine''s Day.

The boats carrying plastic guns mounted with a pair of roses on the turret and lighted candles were launched yesterday at Akhnoor town, about 32 kilometres from Jammu on an uncertain course down the Chenab river, which runs through the divided Himalayan region.